Can you remember the graphics engines we consider worthy of commemoration as the title holders of their time? We thought it would be fun to walk down memory lane and recount the most powerful GPUs. We'll start back in 1996 with a single pixel pipeline and make our way to the present day with modern monsters capable of handling over 3000 pixel shader operations per clock!

People are complaining of "why isn't card xxx there?!" Often they are mentioned in the text accompanying one of the featured cards. It's usually because they are revised versions eg GTX 285 or didn't make the cut eg HD 2900 XT.

I read these comments and it made me inquisitive so I clicked the link. I started the image stack and was like this is awesome. Leaders of the year and it starts off great. Then years get skipped, and then it turns into multi GPUs for card of that year, and ends up with a foursome or two to finish off the list? Looks to me like someone wasn't man enough to state an actual opinion of the top dog for each year, and became more of a well one of this half dozen is right for you isn't it?

I had a 7950GX2 - it was awesome but drivers were still a bit buggy for dual gpu cards back then.
Where are the x850xt's?
I remember following W1zzard's guide to flashing my club3d x800 gto into an x850xt - a budget pocket rocket with pixel pipelines unlocked from 12 to 16!http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/127

Instead of just naming my favorite video card I will mention the ones that I have owned

1.ATI All In Wonder Radeon 7500 64MB(Card was good but lacked pixel shaders but came with tv tuner)2.Nvidia FX 5200 128MB(first video card ever bought and it sucked lol)3.ATI X800Pro 256MB(Loved this old beast, finally play Doom 3 + HL2 properly)4.Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB(I was amazed by the performance of this card when I owned it lol)5.ATI HD4850 512MB(Another awesome card for the price)6.Nvidia GTS 250 512MB(This card played games really well, similar to my HD4850)7.ATI HD4870 1GB(Awesome card, didn't know GDDR5 memory would make such a difference compared to the HD4850)8.HD5870 1GB(My fav card ever, need I say much)9.HD5970 2GB(LONG powerful and buggy)10. 2x HD5870 1GB(Much better then the HD 5970, less driver issues)11. GTX 480 1.5GB (Great performer but ran to hot for my liking)12.HD5970 2GB(Yep back to this card again, less issues though)13.GT 240 1GB(Bought it for PhysX, plays most games at low res)14.HD4350 512MB(Lol better then the FX 5200 at least)15.2x HD6950's 2GB(Best setup I've ever owned, I'm an idiot for selling them off but needed moneyz)16.HD6950 2GB(Bought cheaply from a mate, woooooo!)17.HD 6970 2GB(Another great performer but sounded like a leaf blower)18.GTX 580 1.5GB(Finally last one and it RULEZ)